End sill for cars.



PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

A. B. 'OSTRANDER. END SILL FOR CARS. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29, 1006'.

Inventor Allen E. Ostrandav by MW "TEn-sT-A rns --P rE T, OFFICE.

ALL-E E. OSTRANDERQOF PATERSONQ EW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR To "AMERICAN-CAR a FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF "s1". LOUIS, MISSOURI,

an CORPORATION-0F NEW- ERSEY.

'VEND SVILLYY'FOFI o R s.

t No. 836,132."-

Specification of Letters; Patentn I Patented Rev. 20,1906.

\ f Applieation filed March 29,1906. s iniiaaoana. 1

Be it knownthat I, AL EBIJE, QSTRAND'ER, a citizen of ,the- UnitedStateS, residingat same,reference being had to the-accom-pany 'ing drawings, forming part of this specifica @tion, irrwhich" I i lar y for passenger-cars,1 theobject construct the end sill'insuch mannerthat the lon itudina'l sills whichextend under the car-ho yand which mayv be continuous v t Figure 1 is anelevational'view ofmy inl proved end sill,-.the platform-beams and cell: 5..

tersills bein'g'shown in section. Fig.v 2; is *a plan view withthe-flooring'removed', and v Fig. 3 is a verticalfsectional view'on theline.

33ofFig.2-.

' This invention relates to a new and useful particu im rovement in end sills designed eing to throughout the length'ofthecar-body, if desired, project outwardly'beyond the end .sill' of diaphragms arranged between said parts,

' to provide platforIn -supports. Thisarrange eted to t eside sills, and 3 designates vertical posts whose lower-ends'are' riveted to the side 'ment produces a cantaliver construction I cantaliverbeanis and having its ends de-. -fiected upwardly above the lower edges ofwhich is exceedingly strong and light.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the side sills,

which preferablyterminate at the end sill;

2 desi'nates the'side walls of the car, rivsills, saidp osts. acting as stifleners for the side walls of-the car.- I

v A designates-the center sills preferably in the form of- I- beams,'which also, preferably, extend throughout the length ofthe car, said center sills extending outwardly beyond the end of the car, so as to provide a support for the platform and also the draft-1i ging.

5 designates'the intermediate si ls, preferably in the form of channels, which-may or may not be continuous throu hout the len th of the car, but-which exten outwardly eyond the end sill and provide asupport for the platform.

webs, of] the 'diaphragmplates 6.

fidesignates flanged diaphragm-plates riveted to the side sills-andthe intermediate V8 is a truss member n' the form of a channel whose flanges are riveted to. the webs ofv 'the diaph'ragmeplates 6. This truss memi. berextends continuously under the 1nterme sills-', said' diaphragm pIates being spaced Y diate center sills, tothe' lower flanges of which i thesameis riveted, as shown in Fig. 1-.

Qdesignates the'end posts of the car-body, whichposts are preferably Z-shaped or U- shaped and whosefflanges are riveted to the These body endposts extend down between the diaphragm-plates 6 and 7 ,sothat a very stiff end frame is provided for the car-body.

' Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In an end-sill construction, the combinationwith cantaliver-beams and side sills,

and .a truss member extending under said the side sills and secured to the dia hragms adjacent said side sills; substantial y as de-.

nation with cantaliver-beams and side sills,- of diaphragms arranged between and'riveted to said parts, said dlaphragms being spaced apart, and a fiangedtruss member extendingunder the cantallver beamsand Whose ends are arranged betweenjthe diaphragms adjacent the side sills, said ends being riveted to said diaphragms'throu'gh said-flanges; sub-- stantially as described.

3. In' an end-sill" construction forpassener-cars, the-'combination-with cantalivereams and side I sills, of-, spaced diaphragms arranged between said parts, corneiaposts and end framing-posts arranged between-and;

riveted to seixkdi-aphragms, =ank1= a truss memsignature, inthe presence of two witnesses, 61 arranged (im'defrl' the gantaliver-bearlrlis gird this 20th day of March, 1906-.

aving its en s de ecte, 11 between t e 'aphragms adjacent the side sills, to whieh di-a- ALLEN OSTRA-NDER' 5 phrag-ms said deflected ends -are riveted; sub- Witnesses:

stantially as described. 'HAROLD. K. SMITH, In testimony whereof I hereuntoai'ffix my ROBT. G. J EFFERY. 

